(in soil etc)

  • 41on British soil — on British/​US/​Japanese etc soil phrase present or living in the UK, the US, Japan etc He disappeared as soon as he landed on US soil. Thesaurus: inhabitants, citizens and citizenshiphyponym Main entry: soil …

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  • 42O Florida, Venereal Soil — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium. It was first published in the journal Dial, volume 73, July 1922[1] and is therefore in the public domain.    O Florida, Venereal Soil A few things for themselves,… …

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  • 43new soil — /ˈnju sɔɪl/ (say nyooh soyl) noun soil which, because of the action of recent geological processes, as, for instance, the eroding of rocks by glaciers, or the wearing down of mountains by rivers, volcanic activity, etc., is relatively fertile.… …

  • 44Night soil — Night Night (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny x, nykto s, Skr. nakta …

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  • 45night-soil — nightˈ soil noun The contents of outside lavatories, cesspools, etc generally carried away at night and sometimes used for fertilizer • • • Main Entry: ↑night …

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  • 46Drilling rig — For a detailed diagram of a Petroleum drilling rig, see List of components of oil drilling rigs. Drilling rig preparing rock blasting …

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  • 47Great chain of being — 1579 drawing of the Great Chain of Being from Didacus Valades, Rhetorica Christiana. The great chain of being (Latin: scala naturae, literally ladder or stair way of nature ), is a Christian concept detailing a strict, religious hierarchical… …

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  • 48pack — pack1 W3S2 [pæk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clothes)¦ 2¦(goods)¦ 3¦(crowd)¦ 4¦(protect something)¦ 5¦(snow/soil etc)¦ 6 pack your bags 7 pack a gun 8 pack a (hard/hefty/strong etc) punch Phrasal verbs  pack something<=>away …

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  • 49work — work1 W1S1 [wə:k US wə:rk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(do a job for money)¦ 2¦(do your job)¦ 3¦(help)¦ 4¦(do an activity)¦ 5¦(try to achieve something)¦ 6¦(machine/equipment)¦ 7¦(be effective/successful)¦ 8¦(have an effect)¦ 9¦(art/style/literature)¦ …

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  • 50pack — 1 verb 1 IN BOXES, CASES ETC also pack up (I, T) to put things into cases, boxes etc for taking somewhere or storing: I forgot to pack my razor. | They packed up the contents of their house. | We re off to Greece tomorrow and I haven t even… …

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